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Feds Say T-Mobile Tucked Bogus Charges Into Bills, Hid Them From Customers Federal regulators are taking Bellevue-based T-Mobile to court, accusing the company of billing customers for services they never signed up for. Those...Tue, 01 Jul 2014 19:10:13 -0400http://kplu.org/post/feds-say-t-mobile-tucked-bogus-charges-bills-hid-them-customers
http://kplu.org/post/feds-say-t-mobile-tucked-bogus-charges-bills-hid-them-customers Federal regulators are taking Bellevue-based T-Mobile to court, accusing the company of billing customers for services they never signed up for. Those...76no Federal regulators are taking Bellevue-based T-Mobile to court, accusing the company of billing customers for services they never signed up for. Those...

]]>Longtime Union Organizer Says Machinists' Reform Push Is A Hopeful Sign For Labor Many machinists in Washington state are still bitter over a contract extension vote with Boeing that they say their top union leaders pushed for. That...Fri, 02 May 2014 18:04:40 -0400http://kplu.org/post/longtime-union-organizer-says-machinists-reform-push-hopeful-sign-labor
http://kplu.org/post/longtime-union-organizer-says-machinists-reform-push-hopeful-sign-labor Many machinists in Washington state are still bitter over a contract extension vote with Boeing that they say their top union leaders pushed for. That...314no Many machinists in Washington state are still bitter over a contract extension vote with Boeing that they say their top union leaders pushed for. That...

]]>Wireless Expert: T-Mobile CEO's 'Renegade' Approach Appears To Be Paying OffT-Mobile lost more money in the most recent quarter than it did a year earlier, but one longtime wireless expert says the Bellevue company’s bid to...Tue, 25 Feb 2014 20:07:26 -0500http://kplu.org/post/wireless-expert-t-mobile-ceos-renegade-approach-appears-be-paying
http://kplu.org/post/wireless-expert-t-mobile-ceos-renegade-approach-appears-be-payingT-Mobile lost more money in the most recent quarter than it did a year earlier, but one longtime wireless expert says the Bellevue company’s bid to...78noT-Mobile lost more money in the most recent quarter than it did a year earlier, but one longtime wireless expert says the Bellevue company’s bid to...

]]>How can T-Mobile compete against the big guys? Merge, merge, mergeThe merger of Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA and its smaller rival, MetroPCS, has won regulatory approval and will likely move forward. But one analyst saysFri, 22 Mar 2013 08:00:00 -0400http://www.kplu.org/post/how-can-t-mobile-compete-against-big-guys-merge-merge-merge
http://www.kplu.org/post/how-can-t-mobile-compete-against-big-guys-merge-merge-mergeThe merger of Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA and its smaller rival, MetroPCS, has won regulatory approval and will likely move forward. But one analyst says68noThe merger of Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA and its smaller rival, MetroPCS, has won regulatory approval and will likely move forward. But one analyst says

]]>Feds order T-Mobile to pay whistleblower $345,000<p>The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered cellphone company T-Mobile USA to pay a fired whistleblower more than $345,000.</p><p><!--break--></p><p>The department announced Thursday the order resulted from an investigation into alleged violations of federal whistleblower protection laws.</p><p>The fired employee had raised concerns about the "possibility of millions of dollars in fraudulent roaming charges being levied on hundreds of international corporate customers." The employee was fired in 2009.</p><p>Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile says it will appeal the order, adding that it will furnish evidence showing it terminated the employee within the confines of the law.</p><p>T-Mobile, a subsidiary of the Germany-based Deutsche Telekom AG, also was ordered to reinstate the employee. The order includes $244,479 in back wages and interest, $65,000 in compensatory damages and $36,493 in attorney fees.</p><p></p>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:23:29 -0400http://www.kplu.org/post/feds-order-t-mobile-pay-whistleblower-345000
http://www.kplu.org/post/feds-order-t-mobile-pay-whistleblower-345000<p>The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered cellphone company T-Mobile USA to pay a fired whistleblower more than $345,000.</p><p><!--break--></p><p>The department announced Thursday the order resulted from an investigation into alleged violations of federal whistleblower protection laws.</p><p>The fired employee had raised concerns about the "possibility of millions of dollars in fraudulent roaming charges being levied on hundreds of international corporate customers." The employee was fired in 2009.</p><p>Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile says it will appeal the order, adding that it will furnish evidence showing it terminated the employee within the confines of the law.</p><p>T-Mobile, a subsidiary of the Germany-based Deutsche Telekom AG, also was ordered to reinstate the employee. The order includes $244,479 in back wages and interest, $65,000 in compensatory damages and $36,493 in attorney fees.</p><p></p>77no

The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered cellphone company T-Mobile USA to pay a fired whistleblower more than $345,000.

The department announced Thursday the order resulted from an investigation into alleged violations of federal whistleblower protection laws.

The fired employee had raised concerns about the "possibility of millions of dollars in fraudulent roaming charges being levied on hundreds of international corporate customers." The employee was fired in 2009.

Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile says it will appeal the order, adding that it will furnish evidence showing it terminated the employee within the confines of the law.

T-Mobile, a subsidiary of the Germany-based Deutsche Telekom AG, also was ordered to reinstate the employee. The order includes $244,479 in back wages and interest, $65,000 in compensatory damages and $36,493 in attorney fees.